During the 1980s foreign direct investment (FDI) expanded remarkably. Simultaneously, the regional structure of foreign direct investment changed. This relationship is discernible among industrial countries, as well as between industrial and developing countries. Of particular importance is the...

The Swiss debt brake served as a model for the new German budget rule. The two tools share the long-term goal of rendering fiscal policy sustainable by stabilising nominal debt as well as the short-term goal of smoothing the economic cycle. Debt brakes thus act as an automatic stabiliser within...

Die Nutzung von erneuerbaren Energien zur Stromerzeugung hat in den vergangenen Jahren rasant zugenommen. Dennoch ist diese Nutzung in der Regel noch nicht wirtschaftlich und wird daher finanziell gefördert. Die Förderung erfolgt in Deutschland hauptsächlich durch das...